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Students on rampage, wound 4 LASTMA officials, abduct one

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, EVELYN USMAN & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO LAGOS—Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Ojuelegba, Surulere area of Lagos State when students allegedly from Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, took to major highways and went after officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, wounding at least four and abducting one in the process. The […]

Alleged witchcraft: Woman, 70, lynched over step-son’s ordeal

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By GBENGA ARIYIBI … How she was tortured in Ekiti palace, by daughter ADO-EKITI—A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Rebecca Adewumi, was, yesterday, lynched by a mob in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over alleged witchcraft, even as the deceased family petitioned the police, asking for justice. Narrating the ordeal her mother passed through to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the first […]

Commercial sex worker remanded in prison for biting off lover’s tongue

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Abuja – An Abuja Magistrate Court has ordered that a 23-year-old commercial sex worker, Charity Achibong, be remanded in prison for biting off her lovers tongue. Achibong of Jabi village, Abuja, appeared in court on a one-count charge of causing hurt contrary to section 245 of the Penal code. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Clement Egwu, […]

Abubakar confirmed Police IG

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Thursday, July 12th, 2012

The Police Service Commission, PSC, Thursday, confirmed Mohammed Abubakar as the Inspector General of Police. It will be recalled that Abubakar was appointed Acting Inspector General of Police on January, 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan. MD Abubakar, Police IG In a statement issued then by Dr Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]

Biafra Republic independence set for Nov 5

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Thursday, July 12th, 2012

ENUGU-A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, announced, yesterday, that it had commenced the process to launch the struggle for a State of Biafra with the international community, saying that the formal declaration of the new Biafra Republic had been slated for November 5. This came as Conference of Igbo Youth Organizations, CIYO, warned that […]

Religious war imminent in Nigeria -World religious leaders warn

Posted by admin Bauchi, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, July 12th, 2012

THE current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim delegation said on Wednesday in a report. The 12-member joint delegation was led by World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Olav Fyske Tveit, of Norway and Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, chairman of the […]

As the Subsidy Thieves Shift the Fight to the Courts…-By Dr.Abu King Shulwa

Posted by admin Abu King Shulwa, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By Dr. Abu King Shulwa | Makurdi, Benue | July 12, 2012 – The bribery scandal of $620,000 between Farouk Lawan and Mr Femi Otedola of Zenon Oil seems to have taken a new turn as an Abuja High Court reportedly granted an injunction preventing the government from implementing the recommendations of the subsidy ad […]

Breaking News: More than 100 killed in fuel tanker fire explosion in Rivers

Posted by admin Breaking News, Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, July 12th, 2012

RIVERS, Nigeria, July 12 (Xinhua) — Police in southeast Nigeria’s Rivers on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in the early hours of the day. Spokesperson for the state police command Ben Ugwuegbulam confirmed the incident to […]

No to Another Ezeigbo Gburugburu – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 12, 2012 – Without being hyperbolic, I can state that leadership is everything. It is leadership that builds or destroys a nation. No wonder, the 18th Century French philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, wrote that “… no nation would be other than what the nature of its leaders […]

Video: Nigerian-Canadian Ex Beauty Queen, Foluke Akinremi, Releases Smashing Hit Gospel Single “What God Has Put + 2gether”

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Women Politics Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Nigerian-Canadian Ex Beauty Queen, Singer and Composer, Foluke Akinremi Canadian-born Nigerian beauty Pageant Winner, Foluke Akinremi, releases a free gift single, “What God Has + 2gether” online for her loving fans. “What God has + 2gether” is a celebration song for anyone in love walking down the aisle for the first time. It’s a tribute […]